Mr. Chicken: Short Story

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HarperCollins Canada, May 7, 2013 - Fiction - 25 pages

A bearded woman who conceals that fact by shaving works as the manager of a fast food restaurant. When her restaurant is plagued by an imposing fat man, she must figure out how to make him leave or risk losing customers. From Teresa Milbrodt’s Bearded Women: Stories, this tale is one in a “phenomenal collection” (Asimov’s Science Fiction) of short fiction about the so-called “freaks” trying negotiate a world that is quicker to stare than sympathize.

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About the author (2013)

Teresa Milbrodt received her MFA in Creative Writing from Bowling Green State University, and her MA in American Culture Studies from the same institution. Her stories have appeared in numerous literary journals, and several have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado, where she lives with her husband, Tristan, and her cat, Aspen. When she’s not conjuring gorgons and cyclopses at her laptop, she enjoys cooking, sewing, and questing for the perfect cup of coffee.

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